Excellencies, colleagues, friends, 
 
On behalf of our partners UN DESA, UNICEF, OECD, Spain, Italy, Sweden, and the EU, a warm welcome to all of you to this important side event—marking the official launch of the scaled-up  Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) Facility as a flagship Impact Initiative of the Sevilla Platform for Action. 

Today, over 85 countries are now using the INFF approach, with more than 25 integrated national and subnational financing strategies operationalized.  

The outcomes speak for themselves: over 200 financing reforms are underway globally - spanning public revenue, expenditure, investment ecosystems, and private finance. These reforms are mission-driven, designed to make finance work for climate, nature, gender, and social inclusion. 
 
These reforms are translating into real results: SDG bonds, digital tax systems, gender-responsive budgeting, and investment pipelines that are unlocking billions. These are not abstract frameworks—they are catalysts for financing solutions making tangible impact. 

When Member States adopted the Addis Ababa Action Agenda in 2015, INFFs were a mere half-sentence. Ten years later, here in Sevilla, they are recognized as central to country-leadership on financing, a crucial pillar of the Compromiso de Sevilla.  

Member States have not only reaffirmed their commitment to INFFs but have greatly expanded it, recognising in the outcome document the role of INFFs as a catalyst for formulating national budgets that support sustainable development, attracting impactful foreign development investment and advancing sustainable business, and as a basis to strengthen the development cooperation architecture - as well as a foundation for strengthening follow up on the FFD agenda itself. 

To meet these rising expectations and help deliver on the FfD4 outcomes, the INFF Facility is announcing today a scaling up of its operations as it moves into its second phase. 

The Facility was first launched in 2022 to respond to country demand for technical support on INFFs. It is the only dedicated international vehicle for supporting country-led INFFs.  

The Facility brings together the expertise of leading international organisations and partners to respond to country demand. It leverages UNDP’s technical leadership supporting Ministries of Finance with INFFs at the country level, UNDESA’s of the INFF methodology and as secretariat to the Interagency Taskforce on Financing for Development on FfD; UNICEF’s support to social sectors and key aspects of public financial management (PFM); and the OECD’s engagement and brokering of development partners through the Development Assistance Committee. 

The INFF Facility is a central pillar of and key vehicle for implementing the Sevilla Platform for Action initiative being launched in the plenary today, Country-driven approaches to financing sustainable development and climate action. 

The Facility’s approach going forward is demand-driven, tailored to the country context, and focused on results. We are responding to country demand for support to make INFFs work for NDCs and NBSAPs, for gender equality, and at the local level through Integrated Local Financing Frameworks. We are also supporting the rollout of country platforms, connecting sovereign financing priorities and investment pipelines and bringing system-wide collaboration with public development banks, DFIs, private sector, philanthropy and other actors. 

We are scaling up our operations across these areas in response to demand, while also strengthening our governance structures for deeper member state engagement and accountability, through an annual country-led dialogue on the sidelines of the FFD Forum. 

The INFF Facility is a collective effort, and we are excited to further deepen our cooperation with the EU, Italy, Spain and Sweden, existing partners to the INFF Facility, while also welcoming new partners.  

Let me close by thanking all of you and expressing my hope that we can work together to build a financing system that works—for people, for planet, and for the future.

Thank you.